Order books opened today for Volvo’s first all-electric car – the XC40 Recharge Pure Electric P8 compact sports utility vehicle – costing from £53,155. That’s more than twice the price of the cheapest petrol-powered XC40 currently on sale. It is the first of five electric cars to be launched by the Swedish car firm over … Read more
Double the Isa allowance to £40k, says investment boss, and encourage savers to ditch cash for backing British firms to help them rebuild Fund manager boss says firms with rescue loans will need to clear their debts Standard Life Aberdeen will invest in British companies to help them do this Boss Keith Skeoch says savers should … Read more
Heathrow boss calls for common international standard of health screening to be used at all airports to help air travel recover from coronavirus pandemic John Holland-Kaye wants all airports to use the same health screening system He believes it would help people travel with confidence after the pandemic The boss also claimed standard screening could … Read more
Standard Chartered fined £20m for breaching sanctions against Russia By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 23:09 BST, 4 April 2020 Standard Chartered has been fined £20 million for breaching sanctions against Russia. The British bank handed out 21 loans worth close to £100 million to the … Read more
Standard Life to press ahead with £300m dividend… while all a host of other firms are cutting their payouts By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:06 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 3 April 2020 Standard Life Aberdeen will today bring relief to dividend starved savers by revealing it is to … Read more
Asset managers M&G and Standard Life see billions pulled out of funds in sign savers are shunning active stock-pickers By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:49 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 22:49 GMT, 10 March 2020 Two of Britain’s biggest asset managers saw investors pull billions of pounds out of their funds … Read more